LooneyAtTheGate wrote:
It was made in Korea in 1986.
I dont think Epiphone made the Les Pauls in 1986, yours is a 96 from the Samick factory in Korea. Most Epiphone serials are 9 digits with the first letter indicating the factory of origin and the next two numbers indicating the year, starting in the 90s it was a single digit so 6 = 1996.
Most regular production models since ca. 1993. Many '80s and early '90s serial numbers may follow a similar scheme, but may not include a factory ID code.
FYYMMRRRR
F= Factory code (this can be 2 letters as well)
YY= year of manufacture (this can also be just 1 digit for '90s models)
MM= month of manufacture
R= ranking number (may be more or less digits, not necessarily indicative of total units produced)
Example - S02021234 was issued in Feb. 2002.
